Stay updated with breaking news from Sea view way. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
we ll discuss the pushback we re seeing on covid restrictions. as we count down to the beijing olympic games, we ll look back on the two years since the chinese authorities locked down the city of wuhan . thanks for joining us. we are following developments in ukraine this hour as fears mount over a possible russian invasion. the u.s. state department says it will be reducing staff levels at the embassy in kyiv starting with nonessential staff and family members out of an abundance of caution. ukraine says russia has now deployed more than 127,000 troops in the region. amid the heightens restrictions, antony blinken is set to meet with eu foreign ministers virtually today and brief him on his meetings with russia s foreign minister. ahead of that, u.s. s top diplomat issued this warning. if a single additional russian force goes into ukraine in an aggressive way, as i said, that would trigger a swift, aer is vee and a united response from us and from europe. and, ....
russian invasion. we are live in moscow this hour. anti-vaxx and antimandates. thousands take to the streets from d.c. to brussels. we have the very latest on the state of the pandemic. and with less than two weeks to go before the winter olympics and just days before the chinese new year, we look at china s covid policy two years after wuhan. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is monday, january 24th, and u.s. president joe biden is set to be considering option to bolster troop levels in eastern europe amid fears of a possible russian invasion against ukraine. now, according to ukrainian intelligence, russia has now massed more than 127,000 troops in the region, and as tensions remain high, america s top diplomat has issued one of the strongest warnings yet. have a listen. if a single additional russian force goes into ukraine in an aggressive way, as i said, that would trigger a swift, a sev ....
of lethal aid arrived in ukraine. 80 tons of weapons reinforcing the country s defenses against the russian forces amassing on the border. also top brass presented the president with the option to bolster forces in the baltics and eastern europe. repositioning 5,000 u.s. troops. cnn is covering the story from every angle as only cnn can. nic robertson in russia, jasmine wright in washington, d.c., and melissa bell in paris. we begin with nic in moscow. good morning. how is the kremlin responding to all this? reporter: i think we re going to get an update on that in the next hour or so. the kremlin spokesman is due to speak. there is so much has happened. russia has been accused of backing a former, a former ukrainian member of parliament to become the new leader in kiev. that s something we can expect to hear more about. but i think the announcement from president the announcement over the weekend that president biden is considering sending up to 5,000 troops is ....
cnn international diplomatic correspondent nic robertson in moscow. let s begin with you. secretary of state antony blinken meeting with foreign mini ministers. an effort to project unity among nato allies on the response to russia. what is the plan today? what are they discussing? precisely that. we ve listened to a number of different foreign ministers going into this meeting. latvian,e estonian, lithuanian and the european union stands alongside the united states, indivisible in terms of european union security. that russia, they re telling russia to deescalate the tensions, absolutely standing by behind ukraine. in fact, the european commission president today announced another $1.35 billion of financial aid for ukraine as it goes through this difficult situation and of course, those baltic nations, particularly concerned with learned in the last few hours that the russian neighbors sending 20 warships plus support vessels into the baltic sea. the danish foreign m ....
live on the ground in kiev, steve, what is the latest? steve: the u.s. embassy in ukraine telling americans, it is time to leave ukraine. they ordered out family members of embassy personnel and authorizing nonessential personnel to leave and warned american citizens in ukraine, there will be no airlift of american citizens in event of a u.s. invasion. period biden considering deploying 3 to 5000 u.s. troops in eastern europe. nato will deploy ships and fighter jets as more ammunition continues to arrive in ukraine from the u.s. 80 tons arrived over the weekend according to officials. officials continue to insist there will be no preempative sanctions against russia. the purpose of the sanctions is to deter russian aggression f. they are triggered now, you lose the deterrent effect. the alliance is looking at important measures to take in the event of further russian aggression. this is drawing criticism from lawmakers. i think president biden bears a lot of the ....